Texas A&M Law launches international student fellowship program with O.P. Jindal Global University in India
SPICY IP — We’re pleased to inform you that Texas A&M School of Law, together with O.P. Jindal Global University, is launching a program that will allow students to spend one semester in both universities, and earn an LL.M degree from either university.
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Texas A&M Immigrant Rights Clinic filed a petition in federal court in May demanding that ICE immediately release 11 medically-vulnerable immigrants from the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. There are at least 45 detained individuals who tested positive for COVID-19. Professor Fatma Marouf, Adjunct Professor Sehla Ashai and students Teresa…
Read More about Texas A&M Law Immigrant Rights Clinic files petition for release of medically vulnerable detaineesPodcast: Penn State Dickinson Law dean Danielle Conway and Boston University Law dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig discuss AALS Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project
LAW.COM — Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean of Boston University School of Law, and Danielle Conway, dean of Penn State Dickinson Law, say it’s time for meaningful change at law schools.
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DIVERSE — During one such discussion, Danielle Conway, dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, juxtaposed photographs of police brutality victims alongside pictures of Black deans.
Read More about AALS Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project creators discuss website and actionsLaw school academic support experts provide tips on taking the bar exam online
ABA JOURNAL — Most states planning remote bar exams because of the novel coronavirus pandemic have cut the dreaded multiple-choice multistate bar exam portion of the test. But that doesn’t mean that the test will be easier to pass, according to some academic support experts. In fact, they advise test-takers to include the MBE study materials…
Read More about Law school academic support experts provide tips on taking the bar exam onlineUN Human Rights committee calls on US to make structural reforms to end racial discrimination
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on the United States to make immediate structural reforms to end racial discrimination, and to uphold its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — A new study is offering data to back up what many have believed for years: that disparities exist in the educational and social experiences for women of color in law school. Women of color are less likely than their peers to have a positive view of race relations at their law schools, according…
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ABA JOURNAL — The ABA is hosting a webinar Friday to commemorate Juneteenth, an annual holiday marking the day that people who were still enslaved in Galveston, Texas, walked away from bondage after they were told that the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued two-and-a-half years earlier.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — As protests over the police killing of George Floyd and other Black people, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, and debates about policing put the spotlight on the country’s struggles with racism, many professors are wondering how to address those events in their classrooms this fall.
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UCHICAGO NEWS — Released June 10 by the International Human Rights Clinic, the report comes amid growing demands for police reform at local, state and federal levels following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Laquan McDonald and many other black Americans.
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